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My Life Thus Far
2016-03-16 05:38:32 (UTC)

Another 85 Pending Friend Requests

Definitely feeling more in balance today. I'm still struggling with seasonal allergies (to the point where I lost my voice by the end of my shift today), but most of the symptoms have eased. Just the throat issues remain. Ricola cough drops seemed to help, so I need to pick some more of those up tomorrow. I've got enough to get through work, which is good, because I know I'm not going to get up and out the door with enough time to stop at Central to buy more.

For reasons unknown (to me, at least), Laura cancelled our store visit. Not the worst thing that could happen. Allison is under enough stress at the moment. I was off so I wasn't aware, but the power went out on Sunday and the store had to close early. We ended up down $6,000 (give or take), and even though it wasn't any fault of our own, that now makes us over 124 hours in payroll. Not good. There doesn't appear to be any way to fix it, either. So, drastic cuts need to be made. I left at 1:30pm today, and I was scheduled until 5:30pm. I actually haven't been dreading work lately, but I still won't complain about getting off early!

Snookums is almost done with this semester, and didn't have a class or homework to do, so we ran errands together. Mainly grocery shopping, which usually I do on my own. It was nice having him with me to drag the giant (heavy) cart around Costco. Then we stopped at Trader Joe's to pick up a few things for dinner (that we didn't need in bulk, or that Costco doesn't carry. Like veggie crumbles). I finally got around to making spaghetti. Annie asked for it Saturday. Better late than never!

I don't know why, but Snookums wanted to stop at Chipotle before heading home. I wasn't really into it, since it was already almost 4pm, and I was making spaghetti for dinner. I barely have much of a tolerance for cooked food like I used to. It just isn't as appealing. One cooked meal a day is enough. As crazy as it sounds, I'm loving the raw life. Anyway, I humored him. I got a sofritas burrito bowl. It just wasn't fulfilling of all the hype I've heard. The rice and beans didn't taste any different than Qdoba, the sofritas was too spicy, they charged me $1.95 for a tablespoon of guacamole (which is free for as much as I want at Qdoba), and overall it just cost more than Qdoba for pretty much the same thing (only not quite as flavorful). So, I'll stick with Qdoba when I feel like quick Mexican food. Which is rare, but it's somewhere Snookums and I can both find decent options.

My virtual Facebook life is going fairly well. I know for a fact one person blocked me recently. I noticed a few days ago that I hadn't seen any of her posts in awhile. She's young, and kind of an idiot anyway. I'm pretty sure she viewed my posts about intersectional veganism, feminism, and racism as "negativity". She's very much into "animal whites" (when no other issues on the planet matter, but animal rights, and any mention of oppression from other groups is perceived as less important than animals. Or when they view themselves as a victim because they're discriminated against for being vegan). She also voiced some veiled approval of Trump, so it really was just a matter of time before I unfriended her, anyway. I've got over 1,400 friends (from my original 350-ish before the vegan inundation), and I've got another 85 pending requests. I've come to terms with the fact that my page isn't an intimate space of high school friends, old coworkers, family and a couple people I've met online. I'm posting less because I feel like everything is public. It's still taking some getting used to. On the plus side, when I post something about veganism, it gets attention now. Instead of either being ignored, or inspiring a mass exodus of old acquaintances. I posted a picture of vegan mac and cheese with avocado mixed in, and it got over 700 likes. I still can't believe that craziness...




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